Ansar al-Khilafah Brazil

Ansar al-Khilafah Brazil ("Supporters of the Caliphate in Brazil") is an Islamic State-linked terrorist group that was formed on 18 July 2016 by Islamist radicals living in Brazil. The group had ties to IS recruiter Ismail Abdul Jabbar al-Brazili, who urged Brazilian nationals to fight for jihad with the terrorist group. BinarySec, an online security network of hackers, uncovered a plot by Brazilian Islamists to attack the Olympics, and the IS members used email to communicate. The attacks would target the 500,000 tourists that were to watch the games, and 85,000 security personnel were to be deployed to protect the Olympics from any threat as special forces trained for counter-terrorism activities.